Structures & Memory (a place called Wurzach) and its accompanying programme of events forms part of Jersey’s Liberation 80 Anniversary programme. It begins with the memories and experiences of the Jersey deportees who were sent to a prison camp in a small town called Wurzach (now Bad Wurzach) in southern Germany during World War II. It zooms out to reflect on wider contemporary global contexts that explore stories and experiences of displacement and enduring legacies of conflict, occupation and reconciliation, both from Jersey and internationally.

Image credit: Courtesy of the Channel Islands Occupation Society (Jersey)

The exhibition features the work of four Jersey artists - composer Emily de Gruchy, documentary photographer Shannon O’Donnell, sculptural and performance artists Oliver Le Gresley and Nicole Sheppard - alongside archival materials collected by the families of deportees to Bad Wurzach during the war. The exhibition will also include a major new artwork created by Jersey school children as part of ArtHouse Jersey’s Gem of the Sea project, focusing on this 80th anniversary ofJersey’s liberation.

Presented in association with the St Helier Bad Wurzach Partnerschaft as part of Liberation 80.

Viewing Times: Tuesdays & Sundays between 12pm and 6pm from the 1 May to 8 June
Tickets/Booking: All event tickets available via Eventbrite.